The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page ix
... understanding , some years before his death ; not inserted in any London edition . In works of great extent , the utility of indexes is obvious to every reader , and the want is gene- rally complained of : Yet none of the London ...
... understanding , some years before his death ; not inserted in any London edition . In works of great extent , the utility of indexes is obvious to every reader , and the want is gene- rally complained of : Yet none of the London ...
Page xxiii
... foresaw the ruin of the ministry by those mif . understandings among themselves , which at last effected it ; and it was not only his opinion , VOL . I. but " 66 C but their own , that if they could not carry DR . SWIFT . xxiii.
... foresaw the ruin of the ministry by those mif . understandings among themselves , which at last effected it ; and it was not only his opinion , VOL . I. but " 66 C but their own , that if they could not carry DR . SWIFT . xxiii.
Page xxxviii
... understanding ; and in 1741 , he was so very bad , as to be utterly incapable of conversation . Strangers were not permitted to approach him , and his friends found it necessary to have guardians appointed of his person and estate ...
... understanding ; and in 1741 , he was so very bad , as to be utterly incapable of conversation . Strangers were not permitted to approach him , and his friends found it necessary to have guardians appointed of his person and estate ...
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... understandings , in mignature . In the mean time , I do here make bold to present a faithful abstract drawn from the your Highness with univerfal body of all arts and sciences , intended wholly for your service and instruction . Nor do ...
... understandings , in mignature . In the mean time , I do here make bold to present a faithful abstract drawn from the your Highness with univerfal body of all arts and sciences , intended wholly for your service and instruction . Nor do ...
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... understanding of this machine . The afcending orators do not only oblige their audience in the agreeable delivery , but the whole world in the early publication of their speeches .; which I look upon as the choicest treasury of our Bri ...
... understanding of this machine . The afcending orators do not only oblige their audience in the agreeable delivery , but the whole world in the early publication of their speeches .; which I look upon as the choicest treasury of our Bri ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers